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Board of Trustees recap: June 10-11

Paul Cocke

University Communications

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Editor鈥檚 Note: After each Board of Trustees meeting, Western Today provides a recap of decisions and discussion.
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草榴社区 Trustees Approve 2010-11 Operating Budget; 2011-13 Capital Budget Requests

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The Western Washington University Board of Trustees on Friday, June 11 approved Western鈥檚 2010-11 operating budget.
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The trustees also approved Western鈥檚 2011-2013 Capital Budget Requests.
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The 2010-11 operating budget totals $131.75 million and reflects a 5.3 percent supplemental state budget funding reduction to Western.听The legislature, facing continued sharp drops in state revenue, passed a budget that cuts Western in 2010-11 by an additional $3.073 million recurring in its base budget and a one-time reduction of $1.172 million. These reductions are in addition to a 28.8 percent cut to Western鈥檚 operating budget from the 2009 legislative session.
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The trustees also approved Western鈥檚 2011-2013 Capital Budget Request totaling $57.950 million.听 These are requests the university will be making to the state legislature for capital projects.
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Also on the agenda at the June 10-11 Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees:
  • Elected new board officers for the two-year terms: Dennis Madsen, chair; Ralph Munro, vice chair; and Betti Fujikado, secretary. The trustees also recognized previous board chair Phil Sharpe for his strong leadership and dedication to the university.
  • Welcomed new trustee
  • Thanked student Trustee for her year of exceptional service on the board
Recognized:
  • The for winning its unprecedented sixth straight national team title at the NCAA Division II Women鈥檚 Rowing National Championship.
  • , professor of Secondary Education, for her service learning contributions to Western, its students, and our community.听Her achievements in building school-university partnerships, and in using service learning practices in teacher education, have been recognized nationally by the Education Commission of the States, and by the Thomas Erlich Faculty Awards, which recognize the nation鈥檚 most outstanding service learning faculty.听
Were introduced to:
  • 2010-11 The trustees thanked previous Faculty Senate President Dan Larner for his superb leadership and service to the university.
  • the Associated Students president for 2010-11. The board also thanked outgoing AS President Matt Jarrell for his strong and active leadership.
  • , senior executive assistant to the President.
Approved:
  • Mandatory student fees for 2010-11; and the 2010-11 Academic Self-Sustaining Program fee schedule.
  • Amendments to the Audi Committee Charter and Amendments to Internal Audit Charter, Policy and Procedures.
Delegated authority to award construction contracts for:
  • A Campus Safety Voice Annunciation System; the project installs a voice annunciation system for campus-wide emergency notification in buildings.
  • Network Infrastructure Switches.
  • Stabilization of the university鈥檚 Armory property. The trustees heard that the long-term solution to the landmark鈥檚 eventual restoration likely will be a future, as-yet-undetermined public-private partnership.
  • Upgrading the Ridgeway Beta Residence Hall.
Accepted:
  • Western鈥檚 Climate Action Plan. For more information please see the 草榴社区
Heard updates on:
  • Campaign Priorities.
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  • Legislative efforts.
  • Capital projects.
Meeting documents are available at the Board of Trustees Web site . For a complete audiocast archive of the June 10-11 Board of Trustees meeting, go to听.